geographer

noun ge·og·ra·pher \ jē-ˈä-grə-fər \

Definition of geographer

:a specialist in geography

Recent Examples of geographer from the Web

A map depicting how explorers believed Canada and the Great Lakes Region looked 234 years ago has a new home in a Will County museum, courtesy of a Naperville geographer.

— bill bird, Naperville Sun, "Naperville geographer donates 234-year-old map to Will County museum," 24 Aug. 2017
Michael Zeiler, a geographer and cartographer, wrote on GreatAmericanEclipse.com.

— jenny jarvie and kurtis lee, latimes.com, "As eclipse looms, states brace for traffic gridlock," 18 Aug. 2017
But one sleepless night about five years ago, UCLA geographer Gregory Orkin realized something: Those environmental assessments rarely if ever took into account the consumption by dogs and cats.

— atlanta life, ajc, "Scientists tally the environmental impact of feeding meat to our cats and dogs. It's huge," 4 Aug. 2017
Campanella is a geographer with the Tulane School of Architecture whose work has been dedicated to exploring New Orleans and who writes monthly columns for NOLA.com.

— chelsea brasted, NOLA.com, "Who gets to say they're from New Orleans? Your answers," 31 May 2017
Sure, meteorologists, geographers, astronomers and calendar makers may wag their fingers and remind us that summer doesn’t officially begin until the solstice on June 20, but nobody likes a know-it-all.

— david frese, kansascity.com, "A quick look at our summer fun guide to music, festivals, theater & more," 26 May 2017
Mielke, a geographer and environmental researcher, is one of the most prominent lead-poisoning experts in the country, has dominated the lead-poisoning research in New Orleans for years.

— vann r. newkirk ii, The Atlantic, "The Poisoned Generation," 21 May 2017
Mostly, yes, says Brady Couvillion, a U.S. Geological Survey wetland geographer and lead author of a 2011 report that helped popularize the analogy.

— tristan baurick, NOLA.com, "Is Louisiana really losing a football field of land per hour?," 11 May 2017
A British geographer making a trigonometric survey gave the mountain its name, a clipped abstraction capturing its indifference to life and time.

— michael powell, New York Times, "Scaling the World’s Most Lethal Mountain, in the Dead of Winter," 9 May 2017

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